Not sure what their current cap situation is. capgeek says they are approx. $1.1 mil over the cap but there have been reports it is lower than that, up to only being over by $.5 mil. The Pens can't put him on LTIR until after day 1 of the season, so to get around that would have to demote a player to WBS for a day. They did something like this a few years ago (Tangradi) when Staal started the year on LTIR. Depending on what cap number you use, $1.1 would mean with Zatkoff ($537,500), the Pens would have approx. $360,000 in cap space (13F, 8D, 2G).

i don't think this affects much of anything. this team makes the playoffs no matter how many games zatkoff plays. assuming vokoun comes back by march, i don't see the big deal. now if he's out for the whole year, we're screwed, but that's not likely, i imagine.

shmenguin wrote:i don't think this affects much of anything. this team makes the playoffs no matter how many games zatkoff plays. assuming vokoun comes back by march, i don't see the big deal. now if he's out for the whole year, we're screwed, but that's not likely, i imagine.

If Vokoun is out until March, who is to say he'll be capable of stepping in and playing at a playoff level? I'm not necessarily worried about the regular season (aside from a potential injury to Fleury, of course), but if he's out long-term, an external backup or potential platoon goaltender is a necessity. I hate to say it, but Bryzgalov should be discussed in addition to Hedberg, Theodore, and possibly (as stupid as this sounds) DiPietro. My choice would come down to Hedberg and Theodore, but I certainly wouldn't rule out Bryzgalov, who could be a strikeout/home run signing on the cheap, given that he's being paid $1.6+ million per year by the Flyers.

shmenguin wrote:i don't think this affects much of anything. this team makes the playoffs no matter how many games zatkoff plays. assuming vokoun comes back by march, i don't see the big deal. now if he's out for the whole year, we're screwed, but that's not likely, i imagine.

If Vokoun is out until March, who is to say he'll be capable of stepping in and playing at a playoff level? I'm not necessarily worried about the regular season (aside from a potential injury to Fleury, of course), but if he's out long-term, an external backup or potential platoon goaltender is a necessity. I hate to say it, but Bryzgalov should be discussed in addition to Hedberg, Theodore, and possibly (as stupid as this sounds) DiPietro. My choice would come down to Hedberg and Theodore, but I certainly wouldn't rule out Bryzgalov, who could be a strikeout/home run signing on the cheap, given that he's being paid $1.6+ million per year by the Flyers.

he'll have a over a month to get into game shape in that scenario. but removing the "march" specificity, it still comes down to this...as long as vokoun comes back before XX/XX/2014, this is almost certainly non-issue. the debatable element is when "XX/XX/2014" is.

Does anyone know if this was deep vein thrombosis, or phlebitis. The first is much more serious. The second is only superficial. Since he had a medical procedure done to dissolve it, rather than just going on blood thinners (as I did for a phlebitis in my left leg last year), I suspect it was DVT. That's some really scary stuff.